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Could she be stuck? I've had sims get trapped in all sorts of odd places that it looks like they should be able to get out of. In past sims games, getting out of a dining chair on the wrong side would often leave a sim trapped in the corner. If you click on a spot you want them to go to or an object you want them to interact with and they get a speech bubble by their head with little blue feet in it, it means they can't get there.

Try moving nearby furniture out of the way. That's always solved the problem in my own experience. If that doesn't work, maybe even try to resize the room so that she's left outside of it. Or you could delete the room she's in altogether. It'll cost a bit to rebuild it, but might free your sim.

Please post whether one of those solutions works or not, or if you figure out another way to unstick her. Good luck.

Guest said: 31st May 2014 | REPORT
I have the same problem, my sim is stuck in one room and won't let me click on him to do actions, the home/whistle button isn't available either. Any ideas?

Guest said: 4th Jun 2014 | REPORT
My Sim became frozen in the neighbour's garden. The buttons wouldn't allow me to transport him anywhere or get him to perform in any way. Moving things around in his house and upgrading items didn't help. I tried quitting his job for fear he was depressed (although all his needs were fufilled). At last I shook my device to make him throw up about 4 times). It didn't work, although - when I returned awhile later he could perform again. Hope this is helpful!

Guest said: 5th Jun 2014 | REPORT
Same here she Will not do anything but if they are in a room you might have to delete the room whilst she/ he is in it if both then I do not know

Guest said: 23rd Sep 2016 | REPORT
My sims arms are stuck and I have no idea what to do can you help me?

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Added 19th Mar 2012, ID #491184

I had the same prob, she would only do things at other sims houses. Then I realised that what I wanted her to do, was a cheap one star item. Once I deleted that item and bought a more expensive one, she was happy to move and do what I wanted. Hope this helps.

Guest said: 27th Mar 2014 | REPORT
Having the same issue. Being forced to control baby - please help

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Added 26th Mar 2012, ID #493294

I had the same problem,in my case I realized that she could simply not move because an object was blocking her way out of the bath,in spite the fact that she could freely move inside the room.Kind of dumb really,but all I had to do was move away to another square the lamp I had placed there,right in front of the bathrooms door.

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Added 7th Jun 2012, ID #513591

My sim is stuck too! Helpp! He's not moving, he's in the corner ofnthe room and he can't go to another sim's house cause I need to fullfil his needs but since he doesn't move, I can't do that. He doesnt even move within the room! Helpp!!! I play freeplay on ipad btw - any cheats or advise?

Guest said: 10th Jun 2014 | REPORT
At the startup of the game, you will get an overview of your various sims and the actions in which they are engaged. You should see the frozen sim there and below it will show what the game thinks it is doing (mine said "pirouettes" even when i never sent her doing any pirouettes). With me, all I had to do was stop the sim that was actually doing the pirouttes and send her home. After that I coul call the frozen sim over again and thus regain my absolute power over the little people living inside my phone MWOEHAHAHAHAAAA

Guest said: 18th Jun 2014 | REPORT
Thank you. It said my stuck sim was doing aquatic lunges so I went and stopped the 2 who were doing that and then he had a whistle again and was back under my control. He is a senior so can't even do diving!

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Guest said: 3rd Feb 2015 | REPORT
My sims are stuck in place I can't move them at all I deleted the app and downloaded it back and theynare still doing it there is nothing in there way none of the will move I have 4 in 3 different houses and Nome are moving orndoimg anything

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Added 17th Dec 2012, ID #557583

My sim is vomiting and seems like they are dixxy and don't want to do any action :(( what shall I do

Guest said: 8th Oct 2016 | REPORT
Just move them 2 another house & then return her/him back 2 his house & it should move as you like them 2. I did that after my sim was stuck I the corner of the bathroom. Hope that helps.

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Added 21st May 2014, ID #625328

Sim stuck in corner and won't move. He will not move to another household either. Help?

Guest said: 3rd Jun 2014 | REPORT
I have a Sim in the middle of the room. Nothing is in the way but she won't move. And she won't go to another home either. All of a sudden she's unusable. I tried clicking a wereWardrobe but it won't work. Others can come to her house and at normal but she just stands there. Her needs are fine BTW. Help!

Guest said: 13th Jun 2014 | REPORT
HELPPPP my sim had been standing in same spot for 3 days now and is redusing to do anythin wont got to another sims house whn i click on it it says hes in a deep sleep and iv cancled the action but sit dizny budge n stil says hes in a deep sleep !! How do i fix it

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Added 23rd May 2014, ID #625460

Fixed it! I shook my ipad to make her throw up, and now she works! (Had a problem where she stood there in her friend's house, and when I tried to send her to high school she was apparently "busy".)

Guest said: 14th Jun 2014 | REPORT
I stuck on this problem for days. But today, a new baby born on my sims town, and suddenly frozen sim cured. Make new sim in town may solved this problem. Hope it work for you, too.

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Added 26th May 2014, ID #625751

In my case, my sim was just standing outside near the garden plot after I let him plant some onions.. He just won't move.. Forced to control the baby.. Can't whistle to another house.. Can't send it home.. Not a thing was blocking his path, and my other sims can't entertain him.. Its like he's an object.. Except I can't move him.. As of now, I'm waiting for the time for him to work.. I hope that he'll be forced to move.. And if it still wont work.. Im planning to relocate him in to another empty house.. I hope he moves.. Anyone has other ideas?

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Added 26th May 2014, ID #625752

In my case, my sim was just standing outside near the garden plot after I let him plant some onions.. He just won't move.. Forced to control the baby.. Can't whistle to another house.. Can't send it home.. Not a thing was blocking his path, and my other sims can't entertain him.. Its like he's an object.. Except I can't move him.. As of now, I'm waiting for the time for him to work.. I hope that he'll be forced to move.. And if it still wont work.. Im planning to relocate him in to another empty house.. I hope he moves.. Anyone has other ideas?

Guest said: 30th May 2014 | REPORT
having the same problem!! someone help !!

Guest said: 16th Jun 2014 | REPORT
I had this problem too. All my sims were planting beans apart from the one who got stuck. I used lp to finish the task for one of the gardening sims and the frozen one moved again. Hope this helped!

Guest said: 15th Jun 2014 | REPORT
Yeah me too! Whenever I try to click on her the crystal thing goes to her dad instead of her

Guest said: 17th Jun 2014 | REPORT
My Sim won't move I'm in my mansion and trying to get my Sim out of the kitchen into gardening a tomato and she just stand there, but I shook my tablet and she moved and vomited then she froze agian..... HELP PAPP

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Added 7th Jun 2014, ID #627397

My sim won't move there is not even the footsteps above him or any thing he just won't move I tried making him throw up up but he still won't move and he can't go to anyone else's houses or anything what's wrong please help.

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Added 19th Aug 2014, ID #636990

I have had loads if sims gotten trapped in corners bit there mite just be furniture in the way so move the furniture where your sim is standing then click off the home store and your sim will hopefully be able to move!I hope this solution helped you, if not please post a note or something it probably will work I did for all my sims that have gotten trapped.So like I said I hope this helped you out.Good luck xx :-)

Guest said: 19th Oct 2014 | REPORT
My sims baby is hungry and no one wants to feed her

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Added 29th Mar 2016, ID #678213

My adult sim is stuck in the resturant. If I click on her It just changes to another sim.I stopped her in the middle of the action and now she's stuck infront of the booth so I can't even start another sim doing the action or stop the person she was doing the action with.

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